Zeiss to announce one more lens for Photokina: Distagon 35/1.4 ZM (Leica M mount)

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Zeiss updated their lens teaser for Photokina – there is still one more lens to be announced in the next few days: Distagon 35/1.4 ZM for Leica M mount.

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Hasselblad H5X announcement

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Hasselblad announced the previously rumored H5X camera. Here are the technical specifications (check pricing and availability):

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Fuji rumors recap

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Fuji X-T1 graphite silver edition camera – will start shipping in November 2014 (price in Japan: ¥178,000 incl. tax).

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Fuji X100T camera (available in silver and black) will start shipping in November 2014 (price in Japan: ¥156,000 incl. tax).

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Panasonic is going to announce also a new super-zoom compact camera

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In addition to the LX100, Panasonic is also going to announce a new super-zoom compact camera (probably a replacement for the ZS40/TZ60) with the following specifications:

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Panasonic LX100 compact camera rumored specifications (LX7 replacement)

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I am getting conflicting reports on the name of the upcoming Panasonic compact camera. For now, let’s assume that it’s called LX100 – this will most likely be the successor of the current Panasonic LX7 model. Here are the rumored specifications:

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What else is new? (new Fuji rebates, Lomiography LC-A, Mamiya Leaf Credo 50 and more)

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The new Fuji XF lens rebates are now live.

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→ New from Lomography: LC-A 120 fully automatic 120 film camera. Additional information, including sample images, can be found on this new microsite.

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Mamiya announced new Leaf Credo 50 medium format digital camera system (price: $30,995).

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Deal of the day: up to 60% off select SanDisk products

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For the next 12 hours Amazon has up to 60% off select SanDisk products as a part of their Lightning Deals.

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More leaked pictures of the Fuji X100T, E-M1 in silver and new Olympus 1.4x teleconverter

Few more leaked pictures of the upcoming Fuji X100T camera,  Olympus E-M1 in silver finish and a new Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 1.4x teleconverter:

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Via Digicame-info

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Zeiss Otus 1.4/85 lens officially announced

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The Zeiss Otus 1.4/85 lens is now officially announced and available for pre-order for Nikon and Canon mount. Here is some additional information:

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Sample photo:

Portrait of mountain runner Rickey Gates

At the edge

Aspen Leaves

Portrait in the field

B&W portrait 2

Branch

Red dress

Railing

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Leica is rumored to announce a limited edition M60 digital rangefinder without LCD screen

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Leica is rumored to announce a limited edition M60 digital rangefinder without a LCD screen – read all the details at LeicaRumors. I think this will be the camera everybody will be talking about at the 2014 Photokina show simply because I have not yet seen anything else interesting rom the other manufacturers (unless there are some surprises we do not know about).

Update: the new camera will be called Leica M Edition 60:

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